Using Machine Learning to Map Poverty from Satellite Imagery
Satellite images are now being used to map poverty levels around the world using machine learning used to analyze specific poverty data using a convolutional neural network.
Using Identification Tiles Technology to Serve Maps
You can save a lot of resources by implementing identification tiles technology which enables you to host your map on a standard and static website with using a map server.
Call for Map Submissions for Water Themed Atlas
Guerrilla Cartography is seeking maps for its upcoming Water: An Atlas project. Submission deadline is October 31, 2016.
Geospatial Redux: National Map Reading Week, Esri UC Call for Papers, Google Maps’s Blue Beam Measures Accuracy
This edition of Geospatial Redux takes a look at the first annual Map Reading Week hosted by the Ordnance Survey, Esri’s Call for Papers, and Google Maps’ new blue beam for directional accuracy.
Using GIS to Map Telecommunications
Mapping telecommunication networks is of great importance to both urban and rural regions, particularly as telecommunication networks become even more vital for our daily lives. Terrain, vegetation, urban regions, and other potential interference are often assessed together and GIS tools such as ArcGIS have developed into an industry standard for forecasting cellular tower locations.
Connecting to GPS in Tunnels
Waze is testing out technology it calls “Waze Beacons” to keep drivers connected to GPS navigation systems in tunnels.
Geospatial Redux: Esri Contest, Mapping Time Data, Build a Drone from Lego Bricks
In this edition of Geospatial Redux, Esri has announced a new map contest, you can learn how to make an animated video in QGIS using time data, Australia’s northward moving is forcing a coordinate change, and you can buy a kit to make a drone from Lego bricks.
GIS and Sustainable Energy
GIS has become a critical planning and management tool for addressing where and how to enable sustainable energy efforts.
GIS and Anti-Crime Measures
This article takes a look at methods which demonstrate the wide and growing field of crime prevention utilizing spatial and GIS approaches.
A Look at KML, an Open Standard to Represent and Visualize Spatial Information
Yang Zhang, associate professor, and Matthew W. McBroom, professor, with Stephen F. Austin State University, provide a brief systematic introduction to KML (Keyhole Markup Language) files.